End of a school trip
Nine teenagers injured in bus accident
A coach carrying students overturned on Autobahn 45 in Sauerland on Sunday morning. . photo
© Berthold Stamm/dpa
Huge fright for a group of students from Hesse: their coach overturned on Autobahn 45 in Sauerland early on Sunday morning. Nine teenagers are slightly injured. Others are in shock.
A double-decker bus carrying high school students from Marburg had a serious accident in Sauerland on the way to England. According to the police, nine young people were slightly injured. The teachers who… The school trip was accompanied and the bus driver was uninjured, said a police spokesman. But many were shocked.
The bus with a total of 74 people on board suddenly overturned early Sunday morning on Autobahn 45 near the town of Wenden, it was said. He ended up lying on the side lane and a grass verge. The cause of the accident was initially unclear, a police spokesman said on Sunday. An accident investigation team is carrying out investigations on site.
Rescue workers treated the injured and disturbed young people on site. A short time later, another bus arrived to take the students and their companions away from the scene of the accident and back home. The school trip was canceled.
The bus was supposed to be uprighted and towed away on Sunday, the police spokesman said. The A45 was closed in front of the accident site and traffic was diverted. The closure was expected to last several hours.